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Not long after the establishment of the post of New Madrid in 1789, the public road,-el camino real,-the King's Highway,-was marked out, following the old Indian trail running from New Madrid
Toucanbroud, a German (Trockenbrot) (1792), in 1794 on lake Eulalie; John Toucanbroud was here in 1793; Jean Baptiste Tailtreau (1792) engages him- self to Joseph Turcotte for one month as bucheur (wood-chopper) at 16 piastres ; Isaac Thomson (1792), in 1802 on Mill Prairie, slave owner ; Conel Boyle (1794) ; Jacob Bogard (or Beaugard) (1794), in 1800 on road to Illinois adjacent to John Friend; Noel Berthiaume (1792), his wife Marie Louise Berthiaume, still lived in New Madrid in 1802; François Boudean (Bandean) corporal 2d com- pany militia of New Madrid, died 1793; Joseph Barbier (1793); Pierre Brou- illet, son of Louis Brouillet and Louise Denoyer, died in New Madrid in 1793; Charles Curott (or Curote) (1793) merchant, twenty-eight years of age, after- wards on lake St. Mary, his son Charles baptised in 1804; Pedro Champagne (1793); François Michel Chilard (1793); Clodio (Glot) Antoine Gabriel Coupin (1793); William Chambers (1793) engages himself to Philip Ducomb as car- penter for four months; Benjamin Clermont (1793); Jean Baptiste Fovret died 1793, was buried at New Madrid, was native of Masquas- of Three Rivers, Canada; Philip Ducomb married Mary Gilbert (or Guilbert); Jean Baptiste Droulliez (1793); Juan Dunn (1793); Jacob Alcorez (1793) soldier ; Carlos Depaw (Depauw) (1793); Eloy Frere (1793); Thomas Fardome (or Var- dome) (1793) employed by McCoy to cultivate and build on his land at lake St. Isidore; Juan Simon Guerin (1793) mason and brick layer in 1799; François Hamelin (or Amelin (1793) Joachim (1793), probably corrupted to Joseph Swashon a resident in 1800; François Grand; Jean Jeram (Germain) (1793) John Klein (1793) German ; Nicholas Lesieur (1793); Joseph Amoureaux (1793), native of Boucheville, Canada, married Marie Louise Dapron at Vincennes in 1780, daughter of Guillaume Dapron and Louise Clermont, and they had one son, Joseph, junior. Joseph, senior, was a blacksmith at Vincennes as early as 1769, and after his removal to New Madrid was in partnership as lock and blacksmith with Pierre Payant; owned a number of slaves; a Creole slave of his bought his liberty for $100; Miquel Emile Joseph Lefebre (1793) ; François Leo- nard (1793) witness at wedding of Paul Portneuf; Jean Adrian Langlois (1793) native of Paris, France, parish of St. Germain, merchant living formerly at Kas- kaskia, also owned property in Gallipolis, slave owner, his son Jean Adrain in 1802 married Theresa Bouillette, daughter of Guillaume Bouillette and Mary Madalaine Gosse, native of Brienne, France; Cirile Leduc (1793) and on lake St. Mary; Didier Marchant (or Marchand) (1793) soldier of the militia; Robert McMahan (1793); John Pritchard (1793) (or Pritchet); Juan Nicolas Pierre (1793) stone mason; François Juan Pierre Glot (1793); François Patier (1793); Jacob Pain (1793); Joseph and Pierre Perodot (or Paradot) (1793) also Elizabeth, widow of Jean Baptiste Berton dit St. Martin, daughter of Joseph Perodot and Angelique Lafleur; Ramona Pamar (or Romain Damar or Ramar) (1793), or may be Ramos; François Picard (1793); Susana Preston (1793) Irish descent; Antoine Perra (1793) soldier of artillery; Pinto (1793) soldier; one Pritchet (1793) engages Philip Ducomb to teach his son Thomas Pritchet, aged 12 years, to read and write French; George Robock (or Roebuck) (1793) and on lakes St. François and Isidore; Antoine Jose Rouby (1793) also on lake St. Isidore; Jose Rindo (1793); Thomas Rivière dit Ricard (1793) died at the home of Joseph Michel; Carlos Leonardo Soudry (1793); Juan Baptiste Sallier (1793) a slave owner; Carlina Seek (widow) (1793), German; François St. Aubin (1793); Baptiste Tonnelier (1793) Andre Tardiveau (1793) at Fort Celeste; Pierre Tar- diveau (1793); Marie Warlia (1793); Philberry Wilson (1792) secured a divorce from his wife; Thomas Yous (1793); Jean Baroes (1794); Joseph Collins (1794) possibly Captain Joseph Collins who, in 1799, went to the West Indies, and was the son of Mrs. Nancy Gill, wife likely of James Gill; James Adams (1794); Laurent Amelin (Hamelin) (1794); Michel Clermont (1794), his wife Cather- ine Mallet died in 1804; Jacques Cottee (or Cotte) (1794), merchant, on lake
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north to St. Louis. This road passed through what is now known as Big Prairie and the Rich Woods, to Scott county; thence across the hills to Cape Girardeau, to Ste. Genevieve, and from there to St.
St. Marie in 1800, his wife Suzanne Legrand, secured loan with property, includ- ing billiard table near bayou St. John along the Butte de Lesieur; Jean Bap- tiste Chodion (1794); Jacob Cross (or Croise) of Pennsylvania in 1794 sold a slave in New Madrid; Pierre Riche Dumay (1794) owned two slaves, in 1799 on lake St. Mary, on Hubble creek, in 1804 at Tywappity and in 1800 at the old Cape in Cape Girardeau district; Thomas Diez (1794); Jean Baptiste Du- chassin (1794) Dr. Domingo Fleitar (1794) (a German) doctor of medicine at New Madrid; Jean Marie Hanimer (1794) ; John Handley (1794) from Ken- tucky : Jean Jourdin (1794) employed by Nicolas Jean Pierre; François La Rivière (1794); Joseph Michel (1794), merchant and trader, son of deceased Jean Baptiste Michel and Madeline Vital, natives of Longeville, dependence of Gener, married in 1804 Elizabeth Lafond, a native of Ste. Genevieve, daughter of deceased Dr. Jean Baptiste Lafond and Charlotte Lacourse, a sister of Eliza- beth married Robert McCoy. Michel also owned property on the Pemiscon, was a slave owner, and had a horse-mill on lake St. Mary; Louis Augustin Tar- teron de Lebeaume (1792) a Frenchman, and speculator, his wife Adelle Du- temple; François Morel (1794); Paul Porier (1793); Parisien (1794); Antoine Peine (1794); Pierre Servan (or Servant) (1794); Nicolas Tessier (1794); Gre- goire Reso (1794) Hyacinth Berthiaume (1795) merchant, also on river St. Fran- çois; Hypolite Bolon or Boulon (1795) interpreter of the Indian languages for the king was also a resident here for a time ; Cologne (1795) ; Portell Coutre (1795) ; Charles Campbell (1795) son of Thomas and Lucretia Grant Campbell, of Culpepper county, Virginia, married Catherine Brown, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Brown and Marie -Lordenberg, mar-
ried by the commandant of the post in this year; Jean Comb, died in New Mad- rid in 1794 at the home of Madame Marquet; Antoine Denoyon (1795); Gir- ard Derlac (1795), native of Bordeaux, France, son of Bernard Derlac and Jeanne Lagune, married Marie Constance Guibault, daughter of Charles Gui- bault and Cecelia Thiriot, native of Vincennes, in 1802, at Little Prairie and Grand rue Gayoso: Manuel Diaz (1795) soldier; Michael Fortier (1795) trader at New Orleans, but not in New Madrid; Andrew Godare (Goder or Godaire or Godair dit Tagarouche) (1795), native of Vincennes, son of Pierre Goder (or Go- dair) and Susan Boulan, married Barbe Hunot, daughter of Joseph Hunot and Marie Josephine Robert, natives of Vincennes, afterwards in 1803 Godare married Française Bonneau, native of Vincennes, present at wedding Andre Goder, Jeune ; Carlos Grimar (1795); Jean Baptiste Grimar (or Grimard) (1795) son of de- ceased Pierre Grimar and Genevieve Colon, natives of Vincennes, and in 1804 married Française DesRousse, native of Vincennes, widow of deceased Fran- çois Paquette (daughter of François DesRousse and Veronique Mittaye), Ti- rart was brother-in-law of Française, Grimar also owned property on lake Gayo- so; Augustine Grande (or Grandes) (1795), sergeant at New Madrid, but after- ward commandant of the post near the present Memphis named "Campo Esperanza"; Madeline Hunot (1795); Jacob McCluny, of Washington, Pa., asks payment of cargo of flour wrecked near New Madrid in 1795, through his agent David Cook; Fernando Munos, a sailor, died in New Madrid in 1795; Joseph McCourtney (1795) native of Ireland, son of William McCourtney and Margarita M. Kalchender, married Prudentia Pritchet, native of Virginia, daugh- ter of John Pritchet, Michel Raille (or Riley) a witness; Burwell Overby (1795) a merchant, in 1799 purchased property in St. Louis; Francois Paquette (or Pacquette) (1794), native of Montreal, Canada, parish St. Vincent, son of Pierre Paquette and Marie Agnes Charisson, married Françoise DesRousse, native of Vincennes, daughter of François DesRousse (or Derousser) and Veronique Mittaye, (she afterwards married J. B. Grimar); Manuel Perez, sergeant of troops; Ambroise Seraphine (1795); Manuel Sanchez (1795) sailor; John Barry (1796); Francisco Couteley (Coutley) dit Marcheàterre (1796), a Canadian, in
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Louis. The road is still a great traveled highway on substantially the original line from New Madrid north to Ste. Genevieve. It was also known by the early American pioneers as the "Illinois" road because
1799 on bayou St. Thomas; Joseph Charpentier (1796); Anna Collins Gill, (1796); Rosalie and Louisa Gamelin (1796); William Goudin (1796); Jacob Gool (1796); Juan Halley (1796); Alexander Laforge (1796); Pierre Sabourin (1791) a native of Montreal, married Marianna Dubé, her mother Marianna De Rozier, came to New Madrid from Vincennes; John Russell (1796); Luis and Hypolite St. Jean (1796); Antoine Vachette dit St. Aubin (1796), (probably instead of "Va- hette" should be "Casse", and Antoine Vachard dit Mimi L' Ardoise was also here in 1796, and in St. Louis district prior to 1790. He was a Canadian, and in 1806 married Margaret Saborough (or Laborough). Jean Vian (or Viot) dit Gascon (1796), afterwards at bayou St. John, Grand Marais and Big Lake, was brother-in-law to Jean Baptiste Chartier, junior; Jean Baptiste Bonneau (1797); Rouette Boulanger (1797) at Fort Celeste; John King (1797); Florencio Millan (1797) first sergeant of the Fixed regiment of Louisiana; Ansilme McColum (1797); Joachim Riendeau (1797) a teamster at New Madrid; Daniel Wagner (1797), seems to have been in New Madrid; Walling Fitch (1797) carpenter; Barthélemi Corvaisier (1798); Samuel Hill (1798) boarded with Burwell Overby; Joseph Laferny (Lafresniere) (1799), merchant in New Madrid, creole de las Illi- nois, slave owner, owned property in Big Prairie on lake St. John near where Sike- ston now is, and in 1802 owned property on lake St. Mary including horse-mill and buildings; Jean Baptiste St. Marie, junior, (1799), son of François St. Marie and Marie Ann Boyer, had property near New Madrid on lakes; Claude Thiriet (or Thiriot) (1796) merchant, in 1800 on bayou St. Henry in Big Prairie; John Whelan (1797); Elie (or Elias) Carter (1800) on lake St. John; Jesse Claywel (1800) his wife was Catherine Cooper ; Charles Crabbin (1800); Charles Castruget, Chasturget (or Castonget) (1800), orphan who seems to have lived with Antoine Vachard, was on lake St. Mary and twenty-seven miles north of New Madrid; Francois and Jean Baptiste Dupine (or Dupin) (1800); Peter Garreau (1800), married a Miss Perrodeau (or Paradot), in 1802 in Little Prairie on the Mis- sissippi and also owned property on lake St. Mary; James Rogers lived near the village; Sarah Hansberg in 1799 was a resident of New Madrid, having lived there for several years; George Johnson (1799), was in business in New Madrid and owned property on lake Ricardo; Charles Logan (1800) also on the St. François in the St. Genevieve district; François Lacomb (1880) did business in New Mad- rid as a merchant, probably the same who was in St. Louis district; Gabriel Parquer (or Parks) (1800), merchant from Kentucky, slave owner; John Robb (1800) American merchant; Nicholas Savage (1800); Jonathan Shelby (1800) son of David; Jean -Thiriot (1800), son of Julia Campeau, native of Vincennes; Nicolas Tirart (or Tirard), lived at New Madrid prior to 1800, native of Vincennes, also lived at Little Prairie, his son Louis, a Creole, in 1800 married Marie Reine DesRousse (daughter of François DesRousse) of Vin- cennes, their daughter Marie was baptised in 1804, in 1802 this Louis lived on river Gayoso; Jean Butter (or Butler) (1800), evidently John Butler, who brought suit against Jesse Demint and Andre Simpson (1801), a farmer from Pennsyl- vania, was imprisoned at one time; François D' Hibercourt (or D'Hèbècourt), a French interpreter; William McKem (1801) near the village; Pierre Matry (1801); François McCoy (1801); Louis Pelard, a witness at New Madrid; Am- broise Bissonnet (1802), his wife Julia Harpin (it seems she also married George Germain); Joseph Belan (Bellan or Bolon) dit Laviolette (1802) in village fronting the Mississippi, married Louise Prudhomme, native of Montreal, Can- ada, his son Ignace Belan in 1804 married Rosalie Millette (daughter of deceased Jean Baptiste Millette,) Joseph Belon in 1804 engaged himself to Etienne St. Marie to go to the river St. François to trade with the Indians; Adam Boyne (1802); William Daperon (1802) and on portage of river St. François; Carlos Chartres (1802); Joseph Etre (1802); Joseph Eastus (1802) six miles south of New Madrid, on lake St. François;' Benjamin Fooy (1802) seems to have been a
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it led to what was then known as the " Illinois country " north of Apple creek and to St. Louis as far as the Missouri river. This road passed through Cape Girardeau and Ste. Genevieve, but paths led from it to the chain of rocks above Commerce, and to the mouth of Apple creek, and connected with old traces and paths on the east side of the river. Captain Charles Friend, from Monon- gahela (Monongalia) county, Virginia, in 1799 was one of the earliest settlers on this road, near the present town of Benton, at the foot of what is now known as the Scott county hills. Captain Friend was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and with nine sons and two daughters came to upper Louisiana in the year named.61 The
surveyor here in 1804 but afterwards at Esperanza encampment; James Ferres (or Ferrer), junior, Jean and Humphrey Ferres (1802); Jean Baptiste Hernault (1802) near the village; Fanny Hard (1802), a white woman, a captive among the Shawanoes; Guillaume Hinkson (1802) (1803) sergeant of the garrison; Jonathan Stoker (1802); Mathias Belsome (1803), carpenter; Marie Block (1803) presented a bill to estate of Thomas Powers for nursing in last sickness; Chenne dit Stephen Dumas; Isidore Dupin, native of Montreal, Canada, son of Xavier Dupin, married Marie DeRousse, and their son François was bap- tized in 1804; Elizabeth Gamelin (1803); Christopher G. Houts; Samuel Hous- ton; John Henthow (Henthorn in Cape Girardeau militia company) Abraham Kiner (1803); Michel Amoureaux (1803) recorder of district of New Madrid, bought property on lake St. Ann, seems also to have been interpreter, in 1806 was deputy surveyor, and in 1808 judge of probate; Jean Baptiste Aime prior to 1803 owned property on the Mississippi one mile from New Madrid, and was probably Jean Baptiste Aime, junior, son of Charles Aime, deceased, native of Ste. Genevieve, who in 1802 married Marie Louis Belon, daughter of Joseph Belon (or Belan-Beland) dit Laviolette; David Allein (1802), locksmith by profession; Jean Baptiste LaTremonille, a cooper; Antoine Lafond, owned property on lake St. Isidore; Major J. B. McCourtney; François Martinez, corporal; Peggy Curtis Snaling (Snelling), lived at home of François Barthélemi Corvaisier, was a cousin of his wife, and of Elisha and Philip Craig, who came to New Madrid in 1804; Pierre Antoine Tabeaux (Thibault) merchant from Cahokia; Louis Vachard, married Marie Ann Thibault, their daughter Julia baptised in 1804; Elisha Winters (1801); Ephraim Dunbar (1804) ser- geant of the garrison of the post of New Madrid; Joseph Gravier (1802) mer- chant making frequent trips up the Mississippi, also in Little Prairie and Mill Prairie, his wife was Louise Chauvin whom he divorced in 1804, she was a sister- in-law of La Vallée; William Swan (1804); William Scott (1804), merchant. Louis Baby was another early resident of New Madrid. He was a mem- ber of the distinguished French-Canadian family, a name grouped by Sulte " avec la noblesse authentique formait la classe superieure du Canada." Appointed Jacques Baby, negociant at Detroit, as attorney to receive for him his succession of the estate of Louise de Conagne, his mother, of Montreal, Can- ada, widow of Colonel Louis Baby, his father, he being the only child. Was on Lake St. Mary in 1800, and owned property on river Gayosa that year.
61 The sons were named respectively, Aaron, Israel, Teene, Charles, Jacob, John, Alexander, David and Jonas. Jonas, John, Jacob and Charles each se- cured a grant of land under the Spanish government in Tywappity. School- craft mentions an Augustine Friend as a settler on White river, five miles below the shoals, in 1819, and where he was treated with much hospitality. Doubtless a member of the same family of pioneers .- Tour of the Interior of Missouri and Arkansas, p. 71 (London Ed. 1820).
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principal settlement in what was then and ever since known as Big Prairie, in the New Madrid district was located on or near this old highway.
The precise territorial jurisdiction of the commandants at New Madrid and Cape Girardeau were for a time a matter of dispute. This New Madrid jurisdiction appears to have at one time extended at least as far north as the so-called Big Swamp, a bottom about three miles wide, located immediately south of Cape Girardeau city, and called by the French Grand Marais. The New Madrid district always embraced the Tywappity bottom, situated opposite the mouth of the Ohio, as well as all the country as far west as White river.62 Before the establishment of the civil and military post of Cape Girardeau, the jurisdiction of the commandant of New Madrid extended as far north as Cinque Homme creek, this creek being named as the northern limit of the claim of Morgan. On the south, the juris- diction of the Arkansas post seems to have extended as far north as the mouth of the St. Francois and west to White river, this being the limit of the New Madrid district in that direction, thus apparently making the limits of the district co-extensive with Morgan's claim. .
The principal settlement near New Madrid was located on Lake St. Ann, and among the first settlers on this lake was Joseph Story, already mentioned. Story for a time lived in the town of New Madrid, but in 1799 had a farm on lake St. Henry. Along bayou St. John, emptying its waters into the Mississippi at New Madrid, there was another settlement, extending north and along this bayou.63 On lake St.
62 The Indian name of White river was "Niska."
83 The settlers here were, Thomas Young Horsley (1792); John Harvey, a resident of the village in 1792, had a tract fronting on the Mississippi and this lake; Jean Biggs (1793), native of London, England, son of Samuel Biggs and Elizabeth Massendow, married Martha Ann Smith (widow of deceased Miller) native of England "en une partie de Irlanda", daughter of John and Rachel Smith. This wife died, it seems, in about three weeks, and he after- wards married Elizabeth Robertson (widow of Aaron Henry Thompson) in the same year, native of Dunfrees, north of Brittany, daughter of Daniel Robert- son, David Dabbyan one of the witnesses. He sold a slave he had acquired from his first wife, Martha Ann, to Elisha Jackson for $200. Soloman and Charles Thorn, brothers, were witnesses; Juan Frederick (1793); James Gill (1794), born 1736 at Drogneda, Ireland, was sawyer and bombardier in Captain John Bryce's company, received his discharge in 1781, at Philadelphia, and in 1784 was at Cape May sawing for Edmonston & Living, and in 1793 was master of a grain boat sent from Pittsburg to Fort Washington to John Ballie, deputy quartermaster; in 1798 in New Madrid; John Horner (or Nomer) (1796); Thomas Johnson (1795), in 1800 left New Madrid on a voyage, making La Vallee his attorney ; John Summers (1794) sold in 1800 to John Lovel; Francois Fordney, (Fordoney or Fordonic) (1796); Thomas Brucks (1798) also . a resident of the village, in 1803 property was sold by his widow, Ann Brucks,
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Marys, Stephen and Joseph St. Marie, though residents of New Madrid, in 1791, had their plantations, so also François St. Marie dit Bourbon.64 They all came from Vincennes, and were ancient inhabit- ants of that place. François married Marie Ann Boyer. In addition Louis Vandenbenden, who lived at New Madrid in 1795, had prop- erty on this lake and lake St. Isidore. He was a native of Flanders and a civil engineer, came to New Madrid from Gallipolis, and by Baron Carondelet was appointed to erect the fortifications of St. Louis in 1797. He also enjoyed the friendship of Gayoso. His brother Joseph with Audrain, Tardiveau & Company, was interested in a flour contract with the Spanish government. To supply the flour under this contract the firm built a mill on bayou St. Thomas, which in 1796 was much admired by General Collot. He says that the mill was erected on pilework and that the work was done with
whose first husband was James Gill; a DeBrucks seems to have been here prior to 1803; or maybe the same as Thomas Brooks; Daniel and William Frazier (1799), in 1801 at Tywappity and 1802 on lake St. Mary, were sons of John; Jen- kins Harris (1798) presented a bill for service in sickness of Thomas Brucks, his daughter Elizabeth married Antoine Lafond; David Devore (1802) son of Luke, two miles from mill of R. J. Waters; Alexander Frazier (1802); John Elliott; Henry Block, sold his property in 1806 and moved to lake Ricardo.
64 The first plantations were opened by David Shelby (1796), of Pennsyl- vania, relative of Isaac, married first Elizabeth Bolon, they had two children, James living in the state of Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth the wife of James Burns of Bois Brule; his second wife was the widow of James Farris, Catherine Belle, they had three children, Reese, Elie and Marie, all minors in 1802; he also had a son, Jonathan, in 1800 his widow sold land at a place called New Hampshire, on lake St. Mary, she died in 1802; Jacob Crow (1795) also on lake Thomas; Nicolas Daperon (or Dapron) (1797), and in 1802 in the town, his wife was Marie Louise Racine, their son Nicolas, junior, was baptised in 1804; Peter Daperon (1797) William Cox (1800) and in 1802 at Tywappity; Peter LaBombard (1800); Pierre Sans Quartier (1800); Antoine Trudell (1800); Jean Baptiste Langlois (1800); Daniel Ritchel (1801); William Dunkin (Dun- can) (1801), a Madame Dunkins presented a bill against the estate of Thomas Brucks for nursing him in last sickness; Daniel Hazel (1801); William Harris Glass (1801), in 1803 was implicated in an affair which caused him to be fined, and he left the post; Charles Nelson (1802); Jacob Self (1803), on this lake and in Big Prairie; Patrick Connor (1803); Martin Coons (1803), and lake St. Mary; Francois Collell (1802), sells at public sale the property of Bonaventure Collell on lake St. John; Jesse Demint (1800) carpenter; Etienne Dumay (1803) a miller by profession, brother of Joseph Etienne, junior, also here; Luke Devore (1801) also at lake Ricardo; Jones (1803); Hugh Burnett (1803); Amos Rawls (1801), son of Hardy Rawls, at Cypress swamp on this lake, cowhided Jacob Myers, who sued him for damages, getting $150; Baptiste (or Jean Baptiste) Lafleur (1796); Elie Pettibone (1802); Daniel Wentzell (1804) was a saddler by profession, and in 1801 kept a tavern at Louisville, as he came up the Mis- sissippi in a barge his wife, Marie Duffle died, and was buried at a place called Clover creek, they had one child named David who lived with his father and followed his profession; William Hunter and son Harris came with them; James McKinley; Joseph Westbrook, farmer. Christopher Bryant (1796) described as "haviendo una grande familia y tres hijos hombres."
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much " solidite et d'intelligence " by M. Vandenbenden, an " ingenieur Hollandais." Louis Vandenbenden married Française Godfrey, in New Madrid in 1797.65
Five miles north of New Madrid, on the highest point of lake St. Marys, Benjamin Myers, 66 a carpenter, leased a plantation, and prob- ably lived there, though he was a resident of the village in 1793. Six miles north of the village Hardy Rawls had a clearing; he was a native of Kentucky and a slave owner. Seven and one half miles
65 Residents of New Madrid and others who settled on this lake were: Thomas Ward Caulk (1792) slave owner, and in 1804, owned property at Bon Homme settlement, his son Thomas, junior, also here in the same year; Ambroise Dumas (1792) native of Canada, came from Vincennes to this dis- trict, his son Ambroise, junior, came in 1791; Francisco Falconer (1794) died in 1797; George Yuros (Unos or Norris) (1796) near this lake and lake St. Eulalie; William Bouillette (or Brouillette) (1797), native of Brienne, France; Joseph Brant (1795) on this lake northeast of Dry Run, in 1801, was a shoe- maker in New Madrid; Patrick Cassidy (1797); John Crow (1796); Alexander Auguste Fallin (or Follin) (1797); François Foisy (1798) and on lake Le Sieur; John Lamb (1798) a carpenter, and in 1801 on lake St. John. James M. and Daniel McMillan (1798); John McCleland (1796); Samuel Parker (1798), on this lake in Mill Prairie; Andrew Scott (1798) and in 1799 on Big Prairie; Isa- dore Skerett (Skerritt) (1796), married Sarah Miller, and in 1804 at Wappenok bayou near Hope Field, (Esperanza) as assignee of Adam Boynton; Leonard Rope (Roper or Raper) English (1797); Robert Rogers (1796) slave owner; John Tucker (1797), in 1802 at Tywappity; Robert White (1798) in 1800 on lake Ricardo, and others; Christopher Windsor (1796), in 1799 exchanged prop- erty with David Shelby, was in business in New Madrid in 1801; Richard Westbrook; David Johnson (1799) from Kaskaskia, native of Fort Pitt, son of David and Pallee Johnson, in 1804 married Elizabeth Skerritt, native of "State of Cumberland" (Tennessee), daughter of Isadore Skerritt-Jean Chosier; Mo- deste Bouillette and Margaret Raper wer witnesses; Madame Leduc (1799); James Smith (1799) a blacksmith and locasmith on this lake in Mill Prairie, sold out in 1802; Robert Caldwell (1800) farmer from Kaskaskia, where in 1804 four hundred acres were confirmed to his heirs, four or five miles from the headwaters of Richland creek in St. Clair county; Conrad Carpenter (1798) bought property here and on lake St. Thomas, the latter he sold in 1803 includ- ing a cotton-mill; he died about 1803, was twice married, his first wife being Catherine Law-four children, Barbe, Margarite, Benjamin and Silas; his second wife, Marie Karn, (widow of one Custeau) had two children, Catherine and James. Carpenter and Armstrong worked at Lafernay's mill; François Dupah (or Dupit) (1800); Antoine Dumay (1800); John Frazier (1800) in Big Prairie on lake St. Mary; James Farris (1800) married Catherine Belle (who afterwards married David Shelby, who also left her a widow), their three sons were Jean, Humphrey and James, lived at New Madrid; Peter Kline (1800); James Ferry (1801); James Dunkin (1802) John Lathan (1801); Richard Mas- ters (1801); William Zanes (1801); James Scott (1802) in New Madrid in the pre- vious year; John McQuilkin (or McKouilkin) (1802); Auguste Delarebondiere (1803); Alain Burgsuebb (a German) (1803); Allen Bird Grob (or Grubb) (1803) slave owner; Jonas Carl, laborer, also on lake St. Ann; Peter Newkirk (1803) John Wiley (or Whyley) (1803); John Link (1803); Germain Ouillet (or Ouillette (1800); LeRoy Pope, from Georgia, bought property on this lake.
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